Top graduates, who must have a grade-point average of 3.5 or above, have the highest marks in their colleges.

UT-Knoxville’s summer graduation is at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, in Thompson-Boling Arena. The commencement speaker is Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and president of Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.

Bauer, a management major, and Cross, an accounting major, are top graduates in the College of Business Administration.

Rajkowski is the College of Communication’s top graduate. Judy Lynn Francis received highest honors in the College of Nursing.